The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
We are having a drink and a debate, so we figured we might as well go live too, lol. Join us with a calculator deciding how many imaginary things we should sell to make an imaginary amount of money. __________ Check out out new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBVPazS0vD2STPc3yitbegA?&ab_channel=YouCan%27tEatTheGrass __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE…
Seeds vs Starters, How Should You Plant Your Garden? everyone has their preference on how the plant and grow their vegetable gardens. But have you ever wondered what is the best way to plant your favorite crops? Should you be direct seeding plants that have a limited window to grow before the cold fall nights…
For more 8 extra videos a month, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/huwrichards The start of summer is so exciting! The garden looks so lush and full and it is about to burst with an abundance of food and colour. In this video, I am outlining all the key jobs I am doing at this time…
The farm is exploding with so much food! But we have nowhere to sell it! But don’t worry, we have a plan – we will donate all the beginnings of the harvest and get ready for when all of our summer crops start producing in July. Till then, the gardens are looking great and we…
This video is all about polyculture planting, which is a fantastic way of being able to grow more food as well as reduce pest and disease issues (and much more!). If you only have a small garden and you want to grow vegetables, then polyculture is perfect to grow an abundance of homegrown food. In…
Full garden tour for those of you who have wondered what all I’ve got growing on in the Epic Garden this summer. It’s imperfect, as all gardens are, but I wanted to show you EVERYTHING, even if it’s a mess! I hope you enjoy this relaxed tour 🙂 IN THIS VIDEO As an Amazon Associate,…
Sometimes it is easy to get ahead of ourselves and completely fill up our vegetable garden planting plan, however, in this video, I go over 7 reasons why you should always leave a bit of the garden ‘unplanned’ to give you the freedom to do so many different things. This spare section, such as a…
Last year, I gave myself 90 days to prepare to live off of my garden, fishing, foraging, and bartering for 30 consecutive days. I called it the Apocalypse Grow Challenge. I wanted to see how feasible it was for me, an intermediate gardener with about 150sqft of growing space, to quite literally live off of…
Thin You Carrot Rows For Maximum Yield! Carrots are one of the best root crops to grow in the backyard. They are easy to grow, easy to harvest, and fun to eat! Kids love ’em, especially first-time veggie eaters! But Carrots need to be thinned to within no closer than 1 inch from each other…
In this video I’ll explain some considerations when choosing plants for a privacy hedge, and show my full process for starting mine. FIND ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ The Starter Fertilizer I use when planting every plant in my garden: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OVCA7GU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kylehagerurba-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00OVCA7GU&linkId=985b046e4f2e963c231621bb226abd89 GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead Music: Sweet Release by Dan Lebowitz
My #1 tomato growing secret is to deep plant my tomato seedlings. It can feel painful to have to break off all those beautiful leaves and to turn a massive plant into a tiny little stump, but getting that deep and strong root system off to the best start really makes a difference when it…
After months of growing and fussing over seedlings, they are now officially all in the ground! Or at least, all the spring/summer ones, I’m still growing more for throughout the season, lol. Join Ian and Serina for a live chat about what our next big project will be, what’s happening with all our food, how…
If you’re new to gardening, it’s intimidating to grow from seed. There are a lot of things that can go wrong, so here are 9 of my favorite foolproof crops to try growing from seed. I selected these for their popularity, germination time, and relative ease of growing to harvest without any major issues: 1.…
In this video I’ll show you three ways to create a fence panel/utility panel trellis with full details on how I’m building the trellises for our new garden. How to Build a Wood Framed Fence Panel: https://www.instagram.com/tv/BxD4C5sHZAQ/?igshid=1cwoz1z0e6db6 Sheep panel: (the panels I’m using are 60”x16’ but they are not listed on the website) https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/feedlot-panel-sheep-goat-16-ft-l-x-48-in-h FIND…
We are getting ready to plant our flower farm, which means we are burning holes in landscape fabric. Using a tiger torch, we ditch the stencil and do it all by eye, because it is faster for us and actually works out well. Using landscape fabric helps us control weeds and frees up our time…
Intercropping, also known as interplanting, is an excellent method to squeeze in more harvests in the same space. If you have limited growing space this is especially important and exciting. This video shows you what I am currently intercropping, different types of interplanting as well as the top interplanting tips to help you grow more…
There are lots of ways to trellis tomatoes, and I’m sharing the 4 simple ways we used around the farm last summer. Twine or string training, simple t post and chainlink fencing top rail structures, metal fencing, and tomato cages, all work great for us. I explain how to trellis tomatoes with these different systems,…
This video is all about how to deal with slugs in the vegetable garden using organic methods. Slugs can be disastrous, but if you use the 3 strategies outlined in this video, you’ll be able to get rid of slugs sooner than you think, or at least lessen their damage. The great thing is that…
The farm has gone from nothing to abundance overnight. May is always a fun time of year because things begin truly growing and the harvesting begins. We are updating you on the farm, seedling sale, chickens, and everything else new and exciting in the garden. It won’t be long till the flowers are blooming, and…
In this video I’ll show you a simple way to propagate fig trees with 100% success! And I’ll explain an even easier method that’s nearly as effective. Fig Propagation & Seedling Supplies: Urban Farmstead’s Amazon Page For more gardening follow me on: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead Song: Blizzards Artist: Riot
Watering can seem a bit of a chore but there are a few ways of making it easier and more effective. This video covers a range of tips and clever tricks that I use all the time to water the vegetable garden. I wanted to keep this simple because going into detail with drip irrigation…
What should you plant in May? Everything! May is one of my favorite times in the veggie garden because once you are past the last frost date, you can plant so many plants. I talk about planting both seedlings and from seed (don’t be afraid, from seed is very simple). As well as hardening off…
How To Stake and String Tomatoes and Tomatillos with the Florida Weave In this video I’ll show how to stake and string tomato and tomatillo plants using the Florida Weave method. I’ll also describe a few of my other favorite tomato trellising systems. For more information about my other favorite trellising systems FIND ME ON…
In this video, I give you 7 things you can bury in the garden to improve the soil and help plants and vegetables grow better! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme (the top tier $25 AU enables mentoring from yours truly via an exclusive VIP email where I will answer your questions etc ASAP). Using the…
In this video I’ll show you how I plant some of my favorite summer vegetables, but this isn’t the only way, and it’s not necessary the “best way”, it’s just the ways that I’ve found works best for me. If you have any questions or comments feel free to share them below. Happy Gardening! The…
The busiest time of the year here on the farm is April and May. Between getting ready for our seedling sale, preparing and planting the veggie beds, starting all the flower farm, and fighting the weather, there just isn’t enough hours in the day. But despite that, we are slowly making progress, and the farm…
Many of you have asked about why this vegetable garden has grass paths, and whether it creates issues such as slug problems. I decided to create a video to explain in more detail about why this garden has grass paths, the benefits and drawbacks of them as well as the only alternative I would personally…
In this video I’ll show you my process for setting up a simple, affective, and adaptable automatic irrigation system, perfect for any garden scenario. Irrigation Supplies I Use https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead?listId=1AWDB57JBLZW3 GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ Music: Picnic on the Roof by The Whole Other
Whether you’re a beginner vegetable gardener or know someone how is just starting out, it is important that the right path is chosen. In this video I outline how to start growing food if you are new to vegetable gardening by knowing what to focus on first. Growing your own food is a fun process…
Kevin Espiritu here – Welcome to Epic Gardening, where it’s my goal to help 10,000,000+ people learn how to grow their own food and reconnect to nature. Many of you are new, so I figured it was time to update the channel trailer and tell you a little bit more about myself as well as…
